Who We Are

See who’s on our Team Renew and who we partner with.

Team Renew

Katy Kiser

Katy teaches in her local church and serves on several committees. She served for seven years on the Good News board of directors. Along with writing for Renew, Katy is a freelance writer, and co-author with Faye Short of Reclaiming the Wesleyan Social Witness – Offering Christ.

B. J. Funk

Rev. B.J. Funk has been writing for Good News since 2009. Her bi-monthly article appears on the last page of the magazine. And as you know, the best is always saved for last. BJ devotionals are full of wisdom and encouragement.

Kris Key

Rev. Kris Key is Minister of Discipleship and Women’s Ministry at Trinity on the Hill United Methodist Church in Augusta, Georgia. Kris has a B.S. degree in accounting from Illinois State University, a Christian Edu. degree from United Theological Seminary, and is a Deacon in full connection of the North Georgia Conference.

Mary Lambrecht

Mary Lambrecht is a Texas and Wisconsin State-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Clinical Fellow with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. She is currently with Grace Point Marriage and Family Center in The Woodlands, Texas.

Affiliate Organizations

GOOD NEWSFounded in 1967, the mission of Good News is to be an evangelical voice within the United Methodist Church, urging the church to be faithful to the biblically-based principles of its historic Wesleyan heritage. It seeks to unite and encourage all Christians who affirm the church’s basic traditional doctrines and values. Good News magazine is published bimonthly. You may receive the magazine for a gift of $25.00 or more.
For more information: Rev. Rob Renfroe President
Good News
P.O. Box 132076
The Woodlands, TX 77393
(832) 813.8327; FAX: (832) 813.5327

UMACTION FOR FAITH, FREEDOM & FAMILYUMACTION for Faith, Freedom and Family is a committee of The Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) specifically focused on the UM Church. It works to renew and reform the social and political witness of the church. It promotes religious liberty around the world, stresses the importance of moral responsibility in the maintenance of democracy, and advocates accountability by the church to its members.
For more information: Mr. Mark Tooley, Executive Director
UMACTION
1023-15th St., NW, Suite 601
Washington, DC 20005
(202)682-4131; FAX: (202)682-4136
e-mail: mtooley@theird.org

CONFESSING MOVEMENT WITHIN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH “The Confessing Movement is a witness by United Methodist lay men and women, clergy, and congregations who pledge unequivocal and confident allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ according to ‘the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints’ (Jude 3) . . . The Confessing Movement will contend for the apostolic faith within the United Methodist Church. The Confessing Movement will seek to reclaim and reaffirm the Church’s ancient ecumenical faith in Wesleyan terms within United Methodism.”
For more information: Patricia Miller, Executive Director
Confessing Movement
7995 E. 21st Street
Indianapolis, IN 46219
(317) 356-9729; FAX: (317) 356-9742

LIFEWATCH/TASKFORCE OF UNITED METHODISTS ON ABORTION AND SEXUALITY “Out of obedience to Jesus Christ, the Taskforce of United Methodists on Abortion and Sexuality (TUMAS) ‘will work to create in church and society esteem for human life at its most vulnerable, specifically for the unborn child and for the woman who contemplates abortion.’ Therefore, the goal of Lifewatch/TUMAS is to win the hearts and minds of United Methodists to engage in abortion-prevention through theological, pastoral, and social emphases that support human life.”
For more information: Mrs. Cindy Evans, Administrator
Lifewatch
P. O. Box 306
Cottleville, MO 63338
(636) 294-2344
e-mail: Lifewatch@charter.net

TRANSFORMING CONGREGATIONS Transforming congregations is a caucus within The United Methodist Church which calls the church to be in ministry to homosexual persons but affirms the biblical witness that homosexual practice is sin and that the power of the Holy Spirit is available to transform the life of the homosexual.
For more information: Garry Ingraham, Executive Director
Transforming Congregations
A Division of Good News
4410 W. Union Hills Dr. Ste 7 #283
Glendale AZ 85308
607-341-1289
email: info@transformingcongregations.org